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A cinematic world with Hollywood without France must be incomplete. 2014's "Samba" proved this again. , Samba is an illegal immigrant from Senegal. He makes a living by washing dishes in the hotel restaurant. Because of his hard work, the hotel gave him a contract; but because of an error in his immigration documents, he was detained. That's when he meets Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a volunteer immigrant who doesn't understand what it means to live on the bottom. They begin to get to know each other, and two very different people eventually bond. ...
"Samba" is a French film, a good film, a film that exposes the fate of life.
Buddhism believes that all people have life in the past life, and they are reincarnated, so it is called destiny. "Forty-two chapters" thirteen: "The monk asked the Buddha, what is the karma to know the fate and know the ultimate way?
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In the ideology of the ancients and many modern people, people's wealth, honor and poverty, good and bad luck, death and longevity, and the gain and loss of poverty all depend on a kind of power that non-human beings can grasp. That is fate.
And, in many cases, in many people, fate and destiny are unchangeable.
So, can it be changed?
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At the beginning of the film, a long shot kicked off the fateful prelude -
a luxurious hotel restaurant, a lively and gorgeous wedding, a crowd of joyful costumes, a few neatly uniformed waiters carrying cakes into the back kitchen, passing by the chef, A series of kitchen processes, such as chefs and vegetable cuttings, followed a waiter who took the dishes to the final process - the sink. Samba, a tall, burly and talented person, worked intensely: removing the leftovers from the dishes one by one. Dish off...
This is his, Samba's fate, which he cannot change. Samba is an immigrant, an illegal immigrant. Because he was born in a poor and war-torn African country, not in a civilized and prosperous France. So, this is the best job it can get; and of course, Samba's uncle, a single old man who has lived in France for 25 years, also works here, and because of his legal status, the job position is higher than Samba's Ba is better.
Aside from his immigration status, Samba is an honest, hard-working, and loyal good guy, which viewers can totally confirm when he's working hard and when he's calling his mother in Africa.
A good person and an illegal immigrant at the same time, this is the fate of Samba, between the two, the story of Samba goes to the end.
A long shot, a montage within a shot, clearly and unambiguously illustrating what has to be said. This is the way the film expresses itself.
Next is a short rest, take the meals left by the back kitchen for the staff, gratefully accept the meager salary (or contract), take the subway alone, and line up in the dark twilight in the crowd of immigrants...
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The heroine Alice appeared inconspicuously, a volunteer who was on vacation (recuperating) came to the immigration detention center for the first time to provide Samba with legal aid that was fairly fair in France.
Alice's fate was immediately revealed. Although her fellow intern repeatedly told her to keep a distance from the person being assisted, when Samba expressed her hunger, Alice hurriedly took out the biscuits in her bag and handed it to Samba. .
Yes, this is a kind girl, woman. Such a person deserves to be as plain as water and ordinary as dust at the moment, but there will be a good ending in the end. (Thinking of Tang Wei's character in "Beijing Meets Seattle", the disgusting show of wealth and competition began when he appeared on the stage, but it really changed his fate in the end; no matter the real life, where is the logic of the movie?)
The following series of attention, Concerns, contacts, and of course there are many misunderstandings, misunderstandings and twists and turns, but in the end, the lovers get married, and their illnesses and work problems are resolved.
Is just being kind enough?
Yes, if kindness really exists in the heart, it must be enough, and a person can live a good life.
Life itself is not that complicated. Complexity is often because of not being kind and not being kind enough.
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Samba meets a friend in custody - Jonah, a complicated friend, an important character. That changed his own destiny, but also changed the fate of Samba.
Jonah and Samba talked about women. After laughing at Samba’s embarrassing relationship for 10 years, Jonah told Samba his love story. It could be seen that Samba was really tempted, envious and jealous.
Samba was quickly released. He was entrusted by Jonah to start looking for Jonah's girlfriend. After a lot of torment, he met Jonah's pretty girlfriend. In the end, the handsome and burly Samba and Jonah's girlfriend Chunfeng once .
Since then, Samba has been trying to find a way to get a job while developing a relationship with Alice, and one more thing, dodging calls and inquiries from Jonah.
When the relationship was about to come to light, Jonah found Samba after obtaining legal status, and accused Samba of violating the truth that "friends and wives should not be deceived". When the sound arrived, Samba pleaded with Jonah, fearing that the police would find out his illegal immigration status; at this moment, Jonah’s fateful expression came out, facing Samba’s plea, Jonah replied: I’m not afraid, I have legal status… …
At this point, Jonah, who had the moral upper hand, fell into the dust in an instant.
Samba's fault has his own and objective reasons. After all, he did not force Jonah's "girlfriend", and Samba has always regretted and struggled for it. Jonah can denounce, get angry, and even vent his anger,
but the police are the terminator of Samba; if caught by the police, Samba will lose almost everything. Whenever Samba is in danger, we will think of the one who told him on the phone. An African mother whose son works hard and sends money to pay bills...
Jonah's behavior exposed his bottom line, this is not a kind person. It's also very simple, a little bit of viciousness can kill someone at a certain time.
Jonah is like that right now.
Samba struggled to escape...and was pulled into the river by an even more angry Jonah.
Jonah was wearing a samba suit and died.
Samba was wearing Jonah's clothes and quietly survived.
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Ultimately, Samba uses Jonah's identity papers to become a legal immigrant, finding a job as a chef in an incredibly safe and ironic place—a police station restaurant.
Samba finally had a good ending, with an identity, a lover, and a job.
However, fate left two marks on Samba:
he lost his name; when a policeman came to the kitchen to ask about the menu and sniffed his name by the way, the audience and Samba were stunned at the same time, really Can't remember for a while.
Second, he lives forever in Jonah's shadow, so we don't see a single smile from Samba at the end of the film.
We can see our own destiny in contrast. How will we spend this life?
Also, can fate be changed?
sure. However, there is a price to pay. Can you face the price to pay?
Fatalism exists in ancient thinking and ancient religions. It is human's inability to face nature and the inability to grasp their own destiny. We face similar confusion today, so we want the world to change—often ourselves, of course—and hope that everything is fairer and more equitable, and that this is a hopeful world.
Is life really a stage? Or, we are just actors who think we have free will, playing the ups and downs of the script.
Although some people shouted that "the princes and generals are rather kind", it is not a normal social form after all, nor a normal life struggle. Many times, people have to admit that fatalism makes people hopeless. Not only does it mock human dignity as a species, but it also relentlessly strikes at the value of individual struggle.
However, the real life of human beings has never really caused people to fall into despair. Lu Xun said: The so-called bad luck is not insoluble, as long as you are willing to pay, there is always a way to eliminate the disaster. Beneath the mysterious and unfathomable fatalism, human free will has finally won a place for itself, as long as you can understand what true freedom is.
In "Samba", in Samba and Alice, it is kindness and hard work, and the patience, perseverance, and not giving up the right path derived from it.
Of course, they, and we, are not perfect; like Samba, they can't control their desires and do things that they regret. But they, like us, have the courage to face and bear it. That's it.
Finally, Jonah's name itself may represent destiny.
"Jonah" is a character in the Old Testament of the Bible. He was a devout Jewish prophet himself, and had always longed to be sent by God. God finally gave him the honorable task of proclaiming the forgiveness of a city that would have been destroyed by sin—the city of Nineveh. Jonah resisted the task, and he ran away, constantly avoiding the God he believed in. The power of God sought him everywhere, awakened him, chastised him, and even let a big fish swallow him. Finally, after repeated and hesitating, he finally repented and completed his mission—announcing the forgiveness of the people of Nineveh.
"Jonah" refers to those who desire to grow but are afraid of it because of some inner impediment. For Jonah, his unwillingness to do God's will was likely due to hatred, and the city of Nineveh, which he was about to declare forgiveness for, was the mortal enemy that destroyed his family.
A movie that expresses many elements such as race, immigration, love, family, friendship, betrayal, survival, etc. on the level of destiny. This is a good movie that is skillfully produced.
China has far more problems than France, and we need films like this.
Good movie to watch the door, please pay attention to the WeChat public account: Qu Bing Movie
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